Tiger Woods now has an estimated net worth of at least $1 billion, according to Forbes. He joins LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the only athletes to reach the mark.
Woods, 46, has earned over $1.7 billion in salary, endorsem*nts and other forms of income during his decorated career, Forbes reports. Less than 10 percent of that comes from golf winnings; most is from sponsors including Nike, Gatorade, Rolex and more.
The milestone came without a boost from LIV Golf, which CEO Greg Norman said offered Woods "a mind-blowingly enormous amount" in the high nine digits to join the rebel golf series.
Woods was previously No. 1 on Forbes’ highest-paid athletes list for a decade straight, starting in 2001. Last year, as he recovered from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in February, he earned $68 million off the course — making him the 14th-highest-paid athlete in the world by Forbes' rankings. He returned to competition in April at The Masters.
James became the first active NBA player to cross the 10-digit net worth threshold last week; in an interview on his talk show this week, he said he wants to buy an NBA team in Las Vegas at some point. Jordan reached $1 billion after he retired and bought into the Charlotte Hornets ownership group.
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